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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/סנפירים-#.m4a” /]סְנַפִּירִים You may recognize the word סנפיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/סנפירים-#.m4a” /] – fin – if you’re familiar with the biblical passages about animals that Jews eat and don’t eat: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/סנפירים-#.m4a” /]אֶת זֶה תֹּאכְלוּ מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר בַּמָּיִם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר לוֹ סְנַפִּיר וְקַשְׂקֶשֶׂת… (ויקרא י”א, ט’) This you shall eat from all that are in the water:…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/פרפר-#.m4a” /]פַּרְפַּר This word is a cute one: פרפר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/פרפר-#.m4a” /] means butterfly. You may be familiar with the Israeli kids’ TV series, whose theme song goes: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/פרפר-#.m4a” /]אז בוא אלי פרפר נחמד, שב אצלי על כף היד. So come to me friendly butterfly, sit here on my palm. פרפר is also the butterfly stroke…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /]גַּז טִבְעִי The Hebrew word for gas is easy enough: גז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /]. And it turns out that both gas and גז derive from the word chaos – since gas is made up of atoms with a chaotic arrangement. Natural gas is גז טבעי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /], since טבע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /] means nature. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /]לישראל יש מאגרים ענקיים…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מצופים-#.m4a” /]מְצוֹפִים The Hebrew word for to float is לצוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מצופים-#.m4a” /], a simple verb of the root צ.ו.פ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מצופים-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מצופים-#.m4a” /]היא לומדת לצוף על המים. She’s learning to float on the water. But for kids to safely have fun in the water before they learn to float and swim, floaties come in…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…